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Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

04/21/2007 09:37:36 AM · #1

Hi i'm not sure if i am posting in the right section or not, i'm after some advice on domain names as I have recently moved to Australia and have the opportunity of changing from my old .co.uk address to a new .com.au address.

At first I was looking at something simple like cyphotography.com.au but then started thinking about my logo and as it has three circles in it i was thinking along the lines of bluecirclephotography or bluesquigglephotography

Any thoughts?

bucket

Canon EOS-30D

04/21/2007 09:40:24 AM · #2

bluecirclephotography sounds much more impressive to me...

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

04/21/2007 10:00:17 AM · #3

bluecircle 1
bluesquiggle 0
cyphotography 0

thanks bucket :o)

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

04/21/2007 10:09:40 AM · #4

Originally posted by bucket:

bluecirclephotography sounds much more impressive to me...

Agree!

ButterflySis

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

04/21/2007 10:34:10 AM · #5

Agree with the above.

"squiggle" sounds amateurish...like something small children draw. :-)

Just curious, is there a reason your logo has three circles? If so, think of a domain that goes along with the meaning of your logo and business rather than "my logo has a blue circle in it". I'm not knocking the "bluecirclephotography" idea, I like the sounds of it. I'm just suggesting keeping with your business name and logo. :-) Wait, maybe you don't have a business...in that case, disregard. :-P

04/21/2007 10:47:12 AM · #6

cool I can see what you mean about the squiggle sounding amateurish :o)

There is no specific reason why my logo has three circles in it, was just playing around one day using flash and placed three blue circles around the logo that fade in and out alternately and quite liked it.

I don't have a business as such but am hoping I may do in the future, so for me at this stage getting the name right and it being fairly catchy and easy to remember is fairly important?

ButterflySis

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

04/21/2007 11:03:27 AM · #7

Originally posted by dewdodesign:

...getting the name right and it being fairly catchy and easy to remember is fairly important?

Yes, it is important because whatever people learn now is what they will remember and want to search for later. If you choose something now and then change it, people may lose you...unless you keep the old domain and redirect to the newer one...but that could get confusing to people

maxaz1

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

04/21/2007 11:36:06 AM · #8

I think it's also important that your website name minimize opportunity for mispelling - i.e, "squiggel" or "squiggle", or for people to use a plural (or not) incorrectly, i.e., circles, when somone might type in circle), and not be able to figure out why that their mistake is.

04/21/2007 08:14:24 PM · #9

hey thanks for the last two comments.
I agree that simplicity is the way forward and obviously something with one word like www.photography.com is going to be the easiest for people to remember and has the least chance of people "mistyping", but with so much competition it's hard to find names that are simple, none cheesy and yet still point to photography.

Coming from the name dewdodesign I realised that it would be good to find a new name that people may type in by mistake. Nobody is going to come across dewdodesign by accident, but something with photography in it and somebody may randomly type in my address, any hits are a good thing! I'm not sure with bluecirclephoto that will happen but I do think it is quite easy to remember.

The other problem I have is someone already owns the domain bluecirclephotography so I would have to shorten mine to bluecirclephoto.com, does this sound less professional?

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II

04/26/2007 09:20:59 PM · #10

do you think it is important for photography websites to have "photography" as part of the website address?

PhotoDave

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

04/26/2007 09:25:15 PM · #11

another vote for "BlueCircle..."

I had thought about mentioning something like bluedotphoto.com.au but that can easily be mistaken as blue.photo.com.au

-dave

04/26/2007 09:44:03 PM · #12

i like bluecircle too but unfortunately someone has already taken bluecirclephotography.com and i dont want to step on anyones toes by taking the .com.au version of the same address. So i thought about www.darkbluecircle.com but think it's becoming a bit too long to be catchy and i'm wondering if it should have photography in it but www.darkbluecirclephotography is way too long :o(

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

04/26/2007 09:48:19 PM · #13

This might have changed recently but I don't believe that .COM.AU is unrestricted - you will need a business under that name.

Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX-DC HSM

04/26/2007 10:06:25 PM · #14

how do you mean?

Shadowi6

Nikon D200

04/26/2007 10:10:58 PM · #15

to get a .com.au you need to have an ABN ie. a business

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

04/26/2007 10:11:01 PM · #16

You might go for both keep your current name, atleast as long as you can let people know its been moved and then own both the new name and then the blue circle whatever.

But that depends on your costs.

Originally posted by Shadowi6:

to get a .com.au you need to have an ABN ie. a business

That sucks .US you only have to be a us citizen

Message edited by author 2007-04-26 22:11:32.

04/26/2007 10:26:39 PM · #17

oh right i see what you mean, that does suck!
So I can't get a .com.au address without having a registered business first?
I can get a .com tho right?

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

04/26/2007 10:44:31 PM · #18

Originally posted by dewdodesign:

oh right i see what you mean, that does suck!
So I can't get a .com.au address without having a registered business first?
I can get a .com tho right?

Yeah .com is unrestricted - have at it. I actually like the commercial domain been restricted but it has it's down sides.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/26/2007 11:17:22 PM · #19

cool thanks for all your help :o)

theSaj

Canon EOS-20D

04/26/2007 11:49:21 PM · #20

I'd consider the following: CYanPhotography.com or CYanPhoto.com

a) it's fairly simple and easy to remember

b) it's a play on your initials Christopher Yates and one of the three primary colors

But that's just me...

:)

04/27/2007 01:27:11 AM · #21

I like it, my only hesitation would be the fact that i'm sure there are some ppl out there that do not know how to spell cyan, like they'd spell it sian or syan or something so that would be the only thing that puts me off, but it's a good suggestion.
I was thinking about redyellowblue.com but it's already been taken ;o)

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/27/2007 03:05:14 AM · #22

Originally posted by dewdodesign:

Then go with fuchsiaphoto.com :)

theSaj

Canon EOS-20D

04/27/2007 12:50:57 PM · #23

Originally posted by dewdodesign:

No worry, there are quite a few out there who can't spell photo.

Cyanfoto.com (or european)
Syanfodo.com (American Public Educated)

Then ask yourself, will the latter make enough money to even hire you? Probably not...so no need to worry about such lost clientele?

Message edited by author 2007-04-27 12:51:50.

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

04/27/2007 01:05:31 PM · #24

Figure out what type of photography you want to specialize in and target that with your name. It will be easier to remember and help in web searches (I bought hireimagination.com, but I haven't created the site yet).

Consider shorter alternate words for photography (images, memories, scenics, vision, etc.), and you'll have better odds of finding a name that isn't taken.